Naval Postgraduate School
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Cognitive bargaining model an analysis tool for third party incentives?
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2009-12)
Although threats and punishments have historically been the more prevalent tools of U.S. foreign policy, the current U.S. administration is signaling a reorientation toward a more positive inducement strategy. Much is ...
Islamic banking financing terrorism or meeting economic demand?
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-12)
This thesis investigates the recent world-wide rise in Islamic banking. In doing so it (1) surveys the underlying religious foundation of Islamic finance, (2) examines the attempts of Islamists to use Islamic banking to ...
From oil wells to institution building an approach for fair oil distribution in Iraq
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-12)
This thesis represents a case study of the current problems surrounding the distribution of oil revenues in Iraq. First, the main problems facing Iraq's oil economy are examined. Second, an assessment is made of the ...
Russian oil and natural gas strategic culture and security implications of European dependence
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-12)
This study explores the implications for European political and economic stability posed by dependence on Russian oil and natural gas energy sources. The first section looks into the past actions and strategic culture ...
Vietnam's Foreign Policy toward China since the 1970s
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-12)
There is much debate about how Southeast Asia views China's ascendance on the world stage. Beijing's expanding economic, diplomatic, and military influence has countries in the region concerned about how China will use ...
Globalization, Polanyi, and the Chinese Yuan
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-12)
In 2005, China, seemingly in response to pressure from the international community, moved the Chinese Yuan from a hard peg against the U.S. Dollar to a valuation scheme against a basket of international currencies. Whether ...
Explaining intervention in Southeast Asia a comparison of the Muslim insurgencies in Thailand and the Philippines
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-12)
This thesis explores the theories of international intervention into ethnic conflict. The two case studies utilized to evaluate the interventionist literature are the Islamic separatist movements of Thailand and the ...
The cost and economic corruption of the Iraq war
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-12)
This research effort analyzes the cost of the current war in Iraq and the corruption that is siphoning funds away from the war effort through economic corruption by Iraqis and by United States citizens and American ...
The role of political and economic factors in Thailand's last two coups d' etat
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-09)
Thailand has experienced numerous coups. The last two Thai coups (1991 and 2006) were against popularly elected prime ministers. This thesis proposes and tests six hypotheses as the basis for each coup. The six hypotheses ...
Gaining control of Iraq's shadow economy
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-09)
Four and a half years after freeing Iraqi citizens from a ruthless dictatorship, the country is still mired in poverty, corruption and insurgent violence. These conditions fuel a sprawling, decades-old shadow economy ...
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